And this disturbing if ironic thought from Tyler Cowen, a not-liberal-economist at George Mason University (hat tip, Ross Douthat).

Reading these I'm feeling, quite temporarily, smug about this post I wrote two weeks ago.

PS — Looking back at my posts the past two weeks, they are almost exclusively focused on Sarah Palin. Why? Because she could be our President, and she scares the hell out of me. If you, dear reader, have your head screwed on even partially straight, she should scare the hell out of you, too.

Goddam John McCain for putting the country in this predicament. No patriot, he.